Quote from: Joy- maker on Today at 12:31:14 PM

Quote from: Die_empty on Today at 12:17:15 PM

Quote from: Joy- maker on Today at 09:09:43 AM

So what about you guys what do you think? You contributions matters.

If you do a survey on the biggest challenge gambling addiction has, many responses will be financial. Many of them gamble with money that is above their gambling budget. Others don't have a budget, so they cannot separate gambling funds from other important expenses.

Gamblers begin to have issues with their family when they spend more money or time on gambling. When a man uses money that he would have used to sort out the bills of his household for gambling, it will begin to cause relationship problems. Regarding jobs, a gambler will fail to perform his task effectively if he uses office time for gambling instead of work.

OP, my take is that if your gambling activities are affecting any area of your life negatively, you might be having a gambling disorder. Don't wait until multiple aspect of your life is affected before you seek help. Most of the factors you mentioned are interconnected and interrelated.

gambling don't have to cause a person financial problems first before he or she can see it to be problematic. If gambling is interfering with your relationships or mental or in any area of your life it is already problematic. less take for example now you're not addicted to gambling but Just because you developed a gambling gambit and the habit is now causing problems with you and your wife or between you and your family even without even giving you a financial problems it is already problematic. Do you see it that way @Die_empty or you have something to say?

@Joy- maker the bolded part of my comment sums all I have to say. In most cases, you develop mental health or family problems when you begin to spend more than you can afford on gambling. I am a gambler and my wife knows about it. She has never complained about my gambling activities because I can account for my entire monthly earnings. We have never had any issues with my gambling behaviour because I have never failed in my responsibilities as the breadwinner.

She would begin to have serious problems with me if I used funds that should be used for family expenses for gambling. A gambler can develop mental health issues if he is indebted because of gambling.

You are correct, gambling could lead to other negative issues, but my point is that in most cases, the foundation of all these issues is in finance. Once you don't get your gambling budgeting right, it could lead to other problems with your health and family.